KTT 166

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392801.

Transliteration

1(asz) _a-gar3_ 4(asz) _gur_ 4(ban2) 3(disz) _sila3_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2 sze#_
1(u) 6(disz) _lu2-mesz 1(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3-am3_
5(disz) _munus_ 4(ban2) 2(disz) _sila3_ 1(u) 5(disz) _gin2-am3_
5(asz) _a-gar3 sze sza3-gal 2(u) gu4 hi-a 1(ban2)-am3_
_engar_ mu-ut-ra-me-e-em
_szunigin 1(u) 9(asz) a-gar3 7(asz) 1(barig) gur 3(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-ba_
_lu2-lu2-mesz u3 sza3-gal gu4 hi-a_
_nig2-szu 3(disz) lu2 engar-mesz_
_iti_ a-bi-im _u4 3(u)-kam_
li-mu iszkur-ba-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — KTT 166. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Raqqa, Syria (P392801) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392801..

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